Comments on: The No Longer and the Not Yet http://www.bloggingonleadership.com/2012/01/18/the-no-longer-and-the-not-yet/ A focus on what leadership is paid to do Sat, 19 May 2012 18:26:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: steve botham http://www.bloggingonleadership.com/2012/01/18/the-no-longer-and-the-not-yet/#comment-2356 steve botham Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:05:47 +0000 http://www.bloggingonleadership.com/?p=289#comment-2356 I suspect (history will show if I am right) that two key things happened with the Captain of the Costa Concordias leadership 1. He was in denial about the problem because he was personally responsible for the change in direction that took the ship on to the rocks 2. He was more concerned about his reputation and guilt than he was about leading his 4000 passengers to safety. I know Captains of organisations in denial about their sinking ship - this endangers the passengers and results in strange stories about what is happening that lack credibility. I suspect (history will show if I am right) that two key things happened with the Captain of the Costa Concordias leadership
1. He was in denial about the problem because he was personally responsible for the change in direction that took the ship on to the rocks
2. He was more concerned about his reputation and guilt than he was about leading his 4000 passengers to safety.

I know Captains of organisations in denial about their sinking ship - this endangers the passengers and results in strange stories about what is happening that lack credibility.

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